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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (769764)	2/16/2014 11:09:33 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575765

they got rid of it ACLU Wins Right of Mentally Ill People to Sleep on the Streets And Remain Untreated Filed under: General, Morons — Patterico @ 6:07 am It’s now officially legal for the homeless to sleep on the streets in Los Angeles. You can thank a lawsuit brought by the ACLU. It’s incredibly frustrating to watch groups like the ACLU fight for the “right” of mostly mentally ill people to sleep on the streets — since it is groups like the ACLU that are largely responsible for their plight to begin with. A tremendous percentage of the homeless population consists of mentally ill people who have no business being on their own. They need to be institutionalized and receive proper treatment for their mental diseases. But thanks in large part to the ACLU and related groups, the homeless were deinstitutionalized and tossed into the streets years ago. Now they get to sleep there. What a tremendous step forward for them as people. Congratulations, ACLU. You should be proud. P.S. Deinstitutionalization is a principal topic of a fantastic book I read recently called Crazy, by Pete Earley. Earley has a mentally ill son, and spent a year examining the issue of the mentally ill and their treatment by the criminal justice system in Miami. I plan a review when I get a chance, but here’s the short version: buy it today.